BACHELOR of FINE ARTS (BFA)
in ART – COMMUNICATION DESIGN
for catalog year 2015-2016
120 hours minimum
ART FOUNDATIONS (22 hours)
COMMUNICATION DESIGN ELECTIVES (9 hours)
[based on availability, choose 3 courses from ART 4304 – Advanced
Problems, ART 4350 – Topics in Communication Design,
ART 4354 – Illustration, ART 4355 – Professional Internship,
ART 4356 – Packaging, and ART 4358 – Motion Graphics]
ART 1100 – Introduction to Art
ART 1302 – Design I: Introduction
ART 1303 – Drawing I: Introduction
ARTH 1301 – Art History Survey I
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ART 2303 – Design II: Introduction
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ART 2304 – Drawing II: Introduction
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ARTH 2302 – Art History Survey II
ADDITIONAL ART HISTORY (3 hours)
ARTH 3303 – Art History Survey III
COMMUNICATION DESIGN EMPHASIS (36 hours)
ART 2388 – Design Process
Spring only
ART 3385 – Computer Design Methods I
ART 4359 – Design History
Fall only
ART 3382 – Symbols
Spring only
ENGL 1301
Spring only
ENGL 1302
Spring only
ART 3383 – Type & Image
Oral Communication
Fall only
ART 3384 – Visual Systems
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CORE CURRICULUM (41 hours)
ART 3386 – Computer Design Methods II
ART 3381 – Typography
Fall only
[based on availability, choose 1 course from ARTH 3320, 3333, 3345,
3350, 3364, 3366, 3380, 4304, 4307, 4308, 4313, 4320, 4335, 4340, or
4389]
Mathematics
Fall only
ART 4357 – Web Media Design
Fall only
ART 4380 – Publication Design
Spring only
ART 4381 – Public & Social Service Design
ART 4382 – Portfolio Development
Mathematics
Life and Physical Science
Spring only
Spring only
Life and Physical Science
Social and Behavioral Sciences
HIST 2300 (or other U.S. History)
STUDIO ART ELECTIVES (9 hours)
HIST 2301 (or other U.S. History)
[choose any 3 courses from the following Studio Art areas]
POLS 1301
Ceramics:
ART 3300 – Ceramics I: Intro to Wheel, ART 3301 – Ceramics I: Intro to
Handbuilding, ART 3330 – Advanced Ceramics: Wheel, ART 3331 –
Advanced Ceramics: Handbuilding, ART 4330 – Senior Studio: Ceramics
POLS 2302
Drawing:
ART 3323 – Drawing III: Life Drawing, ART 3324 – Advanced Life Drawing,
Art 4320 – Experimental Drawing
Visual & Performing Arts
Jewelry:
ART 3333 – Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design, ART 3334 – Advanced
Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design, ART 4334 – Senior Studio: Metalsmithing
& Jewelry Design
Painting:
ART 3321 – Painting I: Introduction, ART 3322 – Intermediate Painting, ART
4321 – Advanced Painting, ART 4322 – Senior Studio in Painting
Photography:
ART 3325 – Photographic Arts I, ART 3326 – Intermediate Photographic
Arts, ART 3329 – Intro to Digital Imaging, ART 4325 – Advanced
Photographic Arts, ART 4326 – Senior Studio in Photography, ART 4329 –
Advanced Digital Photo Imaging
Printmaking:
ART 3308 – Printmaking I: Introduction, ART 3328 – Printmaking II, ART
4328 – Printmaking III: Experimental
Sculpture:
ART 3336 – Sculpture I: Intro to Metal Fabrication, ART 3337 – Sculpture
I: Intro to Mixed Media, ART 3338 – Advanced Sculpture: Issues in Metal
Fabrication, ART 3339 – Advanced Sculpture: Intermedia, ART 4338 –
Senior Studio: Sculpture
Language, Philosophy, and Culture
Multicultural
(fulfilled by ART 1302)
(may be fulfilled by other degree requirements)
PLEASE NOTE: 1 year of same college-level foreign language required
*IF* 2 years of the same foreign language not completed in high school.
OTHER/UNAPPLIED COURSEWORK
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Intended for advising purposes only; not an official degree plan document. Updated 03/13/15.
For past catalog years or for questions regarding degree requirements, please consult the
School of Art Academic Advisor.